Illuminating device



c.;r L.A"JEUNE$$E ILLUMINATING DEVICE Jun 26 1923., v 1.460.136

Filed Aug. 18 1921 "ATTORNEY-S.

Ptiteiitei l lime 235.

"tie a Application illefi Aug-est lit, will.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it lmown that; l, CLIFFORD L. LA JEUmesE, a citizen of the United residing at Milwaukee, in the county of hillwaukee and. State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improve ments iii illuminating Devices of which the of which drawings illustrate an embodiment of this invention, and on which drawings the same reference characters are usecl to designate the some parts Whei'evee they m appeal in each of the seveml "views, L 1 is e elevetion of the illuminating ale vice; Fig". 2 is a. plan. view oi the same; Fig. 3 is e vertical, longitudinal sectional View, the section being taken on the line 3-3oh 2. looking in the direction i11 dicatecl by the arrows; ehcl "tee ticel sectional view, on an enlergecl scale, of e port of the device Referring to the drawings the reference numeral 1 designetee the radiator of an. automotive vehicle which is provided with the serewthi-eaded filling" nipple A part 3 of the usual, engine covering" hood is ale shown. A base t is eciewthieedecl to en gage with the nipple f3 tthtl it cap 5 hinged to the has-e t by e hinge pin 3 which passes through lugs '2' and Hon the and e in 9 on the cego 5. A spring 10 is scoured to e olate which ie hetenecl iheicle the cap the catch spice-e t me? o pro jeetion 19) to lock the to the base Packing or e gasket of any suite; ie liiinol 13 may intei-Jeeecl between ee 1' 5 the hese to mclze tight joint; will to P1155 vent hols The device ie pill it as e millet/01' mp hclecl for use tomotive vehicles and will be so (lece'ri We, hut eucli' descrip tion is not ntended toliiriit use cit-the tie-ted or, e theimomete device which intended to be viewed over the hood 3. The cap 5 is provided. at its rear wit}! a lamp ireceiving aperture 15 which may be, and preferably is, provided with e lens 16 to (5'9 concentrate the light upon the part 01' object to he illuminated. A lamp holder 17 is acleptetl be received Within enenlerged lower pert 1S the lamp receiving aper: time 3.5 and me he retained therein in any 55 suitable manner as, for example, by e-screw 19. The lamp holder ii is metal and c0ntacit; with the metal cap 5 thmugh which it is groimzlcd to metal of the vehicle by the hii'i 'e join (3 end the spring" catch 10, if 79 the imiting Oi gasket 13 should he an insu letihg snl'istziince. A wire 20 leads from a. source of supply of electricity, {)IOilQCtBtl by insulation 551, and makes electrical contact with clumyiiig .ecretw 2-2 which clamps 75 iisuhition 23 seated in e cav- I The lzimp holder 17 is provided with it lamp welzet 25 of metal F28 ivhich are ii ed by .2111 opening or bore 529. liletal shells 50, which contain plungers 8i. and spzii eeetecl in. thesecevi-v and. insul ti by insulation from the surrounding; metal" The insulation also extends through the opening or more 29 and a Wire 01' Wires 3% extends through the insulation chci makes electrical contact with the metal shells 30. The metal shells 30 are hollow cylinders and. have their outer ends W3 erimpet i over to 2L less diameter than enon the plungem 31 so that the pluhgem will not become separated from the One oi? the s rine-pressed oluhgeis 31 makes con. with the ordinal? lease plug e h o no. the other with the clamp int; screw e an electric circuit is estehlienetl th h the Wire 20 clamping 2? 31, shells 3G,;Wl16 3%: mil

metal gl'otmd of the veoiitl hihicle bolt pcesing' through! the base l and the radiator nipple serves to properly position the lamp receiving aperture 15 with 165 respect to the pe or object to be illumi hetetl. eiitl h upsetting the encl of the bolt beyond the nuts; removal of the tlevice by cl'iilli'eh is eileetively prevented;

The c212 can be readily swung open on the hinge pin 6 for filling the radiator the electric circuit he automatically reestablished, when the cap 5. is again closed, by plunger '31. contacting with the 3 elamp in screw22. P i i e removable lamp holder17 maybe 8 provided with The drawings illustrate the lamp receiving aperture as formed; in an ofi -set part 38 of the cap 5. This construction l0 economizes metal and does not interfere with the lifting of the hood 3! 'Ifh'e flow of electricity through wire .;can be controlled by a switch, not shown,

, which can be located in anyconvenient '1! position as on'the dash of the vehicle, for example. I a

a -What' is claimed is:

. ,1. In an illuminating device, the combination with a base, of a caphinged thereto and (provided with an object tobe illuminate ing provided with a lam receivmg a erture below the object to illuminate ,a lam holder secured to the cap, an electric con uctorsecur'ed to the base and insulated therefrom, an electric conductor secured to the lamp holder and insulated therefrom, and yieldable means for establishin electrical connection between said con uetors when the cap is closed.

nation with a base of a cap hinged thereto and provided with an od-set part contain-., ing stamp ivin aperture, a removable 'e. vided with an upwardly opening cavity and a downwardly opening vcavity connected by a projectio'n'37' to serve as .a handle .for removing the lamp holder.

v and projecting above the cap, the cap be- 1 2.111 an illuminating device, the combi-- secured to the-base andinsulated therefro 1 secure to said cap and pro trio a bore, electr 1cal contact members seated in said cavities and electrically connected fleigna through said bore and insulated from said I lam holder, an electrical conductor secured trical contact members seated in a ca'vity in the lamp holder; 3. In an illuminating device, the combi- Y nation with a. base, of acap hinged thereto rovided with an object to beillumi nate projecting ahovethe cap, the cap ing provided with a. lamp receiving a 'er- ,ture below the object to be illuminate a lam holder secured to the cap, an electric 1 con uctor secured to the base and insulated contacting with a lamp and other yieldable means for establishing electrical connection between said conductors when the cap is closed. etbIn an illuminating device, the combination with a screwthreaded nipple, of a screwthreaded base, means to lock the base to the nipple, a cap hinged to the base and provided with a catch adapted to engage with the ham to has the cap closed, the cap being rovided wit an upstanding object to be illuminated and also being provided with a lamp receivin aperture belowthe object to be illuminated, a lamp holderbe cured to the cap and provided with' elf trical conductor adapted to m'ali'ee ebti'idel contact with a lamp, an electrical conductor connection between said con" uctors when the cap is closed.

and--iyieldable mean; for establishin glee-d5 a In witness whereof ,I hereto aflix ture. r f CLIFFORD/L. LA 

